Chicago Prep Bowl

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The Chicago Prep Bowl is an annual contest played between American football teams representing the Chicago Catholic League and the Chicago Public League. For most of its history, it was played at Chicago's Soldier Field.

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History

The game was first played in 1927. After a forfeit in 1928, it was not played again until 1933. It was the premier high school football event in Illinois until the IHSA formed the state championship football playoffs in 1974. The 1927 game between Mt. Carmel and Carl Schurz High School drew an estimated 50,000 fans; the largest crowd to see a prep football contest in American history up to that time. [1] In subsequent years, larger crowds were drawn to the annual game. The 1937 game attracted a high school football record crowd as large as 120,000. [2] [3] The game was not played in either 1929 or 1930. In 1930, a Public League championship at Soldier Field effectively substituted for the inter-league matchup, with 20,000 spectators attending it. [2] [4] [5] [6] [7] The game was made an official annual event in 1934 after receiving the backing of mayor Edward J. Kelly. [8] In the years that immediately followed, the game was initially known as the "Mayor's Charity Game" [3] and the "Kelly Bowl". [9] [10] The game took on the name "Prep Bowl" in 1947, [10] with Kelly leaving office earlier that year having not sought reelection in the 1947 Chicago mayoral election.

Mayor Richard J. Daley was a major supporter of the game. Shortly after his 1976 death, the city ceased sponsoring the event, and attendance began to drop. Within a few years, attendance was under 5,000. [8] Also contributing to the declining interest in the annual game was the predictability of its outcomes. Between 1953 and 1981, the Chicago Catholic League teams won 27 games while the Chicago Public League teams won a mere two games. [10] The advent of the state high school football playoffs further contributed to the decline in interest in the Prep Bowl. [10] In 1979, the Prep Bowl was retooled. Before this, it was a standalone game that pitted the champion of the Chicago Catholic League against the champion of the Chicago Public League. The retooled Prep Bowl game became the final game of an Prep Bowl invitational playoff. In 1979, both the finals and semifinals were held at Soldier Field. [11]

In 1981, the IHSA membership voted on a limitation that prohibited member schools from participating in more than nine games, plus the IHSA state series. The Prep Bowl was given a special exemption from this. [12] With the advent of the IHSA state series, the Prep Bowl was contested by the winner of a special playoff in each league played by teams not qualifying for the state playoffs, and teams that were eliminated in early rounds of the state playoffs. It is traditionally played on the Friday after Thanksgiving, which is the same day which the IHSA plays its smaller school state championships in football.

In the 1980s, there were considerations of ending the annual game. The city government helped to keep the game at Soldier Field after it was considered moving it to Gately Stadium. In the 1990s, when J.W. Smith became head of the Public League, he worked to revive interest in the game, marketing it and reviving the pre-game dinner for participants. [8] In 1999, Dick Jauron, coach of the Chicago Bears, promised several of his players would be present at the game. [9] The 1990s saw more competitive games and a more equal split in victories between Chicago Catholic League and Chicago Public League teams. [10] This all brought about a brief period of resurged annual interest in the game. [10]

Before 2015, games were held at Soldier Field (except for in 2002, when Soldier Field was under renovation). However, in 2015, unable to afford Chicago Park District rental fees, the game was moved away from Soldier Field. [9]

Television coverage

The game was first televised in 1949, beginning the era of televised Prep Bowl games. [13] Television was regularly blamed with causing as much as a 20,000 decrease in annual attendance at the games compared to the pre-television era. [14] [13]

In 1955, a decision was made not to broadcast that year's game on television. [14]

Different broadcasters have carried the game of the year. In 1979, the game was broadcast by Chicago-based NBC station WMAQ-TV. [11] In 2023, the Marquee Sports Network regional cable channel broadcast the game. [15]

Among those who have provided play-by-play for broadcasts of the game is the late Tim Weigel. [10]

Entertainment

In its history, some editions of the game have featured entertainment. For instance, in 1937 pre-game entertainment included a performance by Paul Whiteman. [3]

List of results

Chicago Prep Bowl results
YearCCL teamCPL teamScoreWinner
(CCL or CPL)		AttendanceNotes
1927 Mount Carmel Schurz 6–0CCL50,000 [2] [16] [17] [18] [4] [5] [6]
1928DePaul Academy Tilden 12–0CPL [6]
1931 Mount Carmel Harrison 44–6CPL [6] [19]
1933 Mount Carmel Harrison 7–0CCLThe event was made official for the first time, and was promoted by Chicago Mayor Edward Joseph Kelly [4] [5] [6] [20] [21] [22]
1934 Leo Lindblom 6–0CPL50,000 [2] [4] [6] [23] [24] [25] [26]
1935 Leo Lindblom 6–0CPL75,000 [2] [6] [26]
1936 Fenwick Austin 19–19Tie75,000 [6] [26] [27]
1937 Leo Austin 26–0CPL120,000The most-attended high school football game of all-time [2] [28] [5] [6] [29] [30] [31] [32]
[33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39]
[40] [26] [27] [41] [42] [43] [44]
[45] [46] [47]
1938 Mount Carmel Fenger 13–0CPL80,000 [2] [6] [26] [27] [48]
1939 Mount Carmel Fenger 13–13Tie75,000 [6] [26] [27]
1940 Leo Fenger 13–0CPL75,000 [6] [26] [27] [49] [50]
1941 Leo Tilden 46–13CCL95,000Leo would be named High School Football National Champions this year [5] [6] [26] [27] [51]
1942 Leo Tilden 27–14CCL75,000 [5] [6] [26] [27] [52]
1943 Saint George Phillips 19–12CCL80,000 [6] [26] [27] [53]
1944 Weber Tilden 13–7CPL65,000 [6] [26] [54] [55]
1945 Fenwick Tilden 20–6CCL80,000 [6] [26] [27]
1946 Weber Fenger 13–7CPL85,000 [6] [26] [27]
1947 Leo Austin 13–12CPL [6] [26] [56]
1948 Fenwick Lindblom 13–7CPL [6] [26]
1949 Fenwick Schurz 20–7CPL [6] [26]
1950 Mount Carmel Lane Tech 45–20CCLMount Carmel was coached by Terry Brennan and led by quarterback Tom Carey [5] [6] [26] [57] [58]
1951 Mount Carmel Lindblom 19–6CCLMount Carmel was coached by Terry Brennan [5] [6] [26]
1952 Mount Carmel Austin 27–19CCLMount Carmel was coached by Terry Brennan [5] [6] [26]
1953 Saint George Austin 38–12CCL [6] [26]
1954 Mount Carmel Fenger 20–13CPL46,728–54,000 [2] [14] [6] [26]
1955 Weber Chicago Vocational 6–0CPL [6] [26]
1956 Leo Calumet 12–0CCLJim Arneberg, who was a star lineman for the 1941 and 1942 Leo teams coached the Leo Lions in this Prep Bowl, becoming the first person to both play and coach in the Prep Bowl [5] [6] [26]
1957 Mendel Calumet 6–0CCL71,157Mendel scored the game's only points with a Hail Mary pass in the final play [5] [6] [26] [59]
1958 Fenwick Austin 20–7CPL53,000 [6] [26] [60]
1959 Fenwick Lane Tech 19–0CPL [6] [26]
1960 Mount Carmel Taft 27–8CCL71,178Mount Carmel was coached by Tom Carey (former Prep Bowl quarterback, and the older brother of the team's current quarterback Tony). Carey became one of the first individuals to both play and coach in a Prep Bowl, having won it as a quarterback exactly ten years earlier [5] [6] [26] [57] [59]
1961 Weber Lane Tech 14–12CCL83,750Weber defeated Lane Tech after a muffed punt snap in the last minute after Lane fumbled the ball far in its own territory with only minutes remaining. [2] [5] [6] [26] [27]
1962 Fenwick Schurz 40–0CCL91,328This was the third most-attended Prep Bowl to date. The game ended a 10–0 season for Fenwick (in which they outscored their opponents 317–32). In the game, Fenwick's Jim DiLullo ran for 224 yards and scored five touchdowns on just 12 carries. [2] [5] [6] [26] [27]
1963 St. Rita Chicago Vocational 42–7CCL81,270St.Rita halfback John Byrne scored five touchdowns and six extra points [2] [5] [6] [26] [27]
1964 Weber Chicago Vocational 34–13CCLCritical to the success of Weber's 1964 season and Prep Bowl victory was defensive back Rich "Chico" Kurzawski [5] [6] [26]
1965 Loyola Academy Chicago Vocational 33–13CCL75,400By the time of the preceding Chicago Catholic League championship game Loyola was down to their third-string quarterback (Ken Krakovich) and a sophomore running back (Jack Spellman) due to injuries of quarterback Tim Foley and all-state running back Randy Marks, but Loyola nonetheless won both the Catholic League championship and Prep Bowl under these circumstances [5] [6] [26] [27]
1966 Loyola Academy Chicago Vocational 20–14CCL61,133 [6] [26] [61]
1967 Mount Carmel Dunbar 37–0CCL58,354This was the final year of Frank Maloney's tenure as Mount Carmel's coach (he began his collegiate coaching career thereafter) [5] [6] [26] [62]
1968 Mendel Chicago Vocational 41–19CCL [5] [6] [26]
1969 Loyola Academy Lane Tech 26–0CCL67,483 [63] [5] [6] [26] [64]
1970 St. Rita Lane Tech 12–8CCL65,735Members of the St. Rita team included Billy Marek and Dennis Lick; the team was coached by Pat Cronin [5] [6] [26] [65]
1971 St. Rita Morgan Park 18–12CCLMembers of the St. Rita team included Billy Marek and Dennis Lick; the team was coached by Pat Cronin.
Despite Morgan Park losing, its coach (Joe Stepanek) won the vote for the "Coach of the Year Award" (an award which had in practice always been received by one of the two coaches whose team had competed in the Prep Bowl game, but for which all coaches in the two leagues were eligible)		 [5] [6] [26] [66]
1972 St. Laurence Taft 24–7CCL41,371 [67]
1973 St. Laurence Phillips 40–24CCL40,000-55,385 [5] [6] [26] [68]
1974 St. Laurence Chicago Vocational 34–0CCL [5] [6] [26]
1975 Brother Rice Chicago Vocational 26–0CCL [6] [26]
1976 St. Rita Chicago Vocational 13–6CPLFirst CPL victory since 1959 [6] [26]
1977 St. Rita Lane Tech 20–8CCL [6] [26]
1978 St. Laurence Sullivan 34–8CCL23,000 [6] [26] [69]
1979 Joliet Catholic Julian 30–22CPL [6] [26]
1980 Brother Rice Julian 39–6CCL [6]
1981 Mount Carmel Robeson 14–6CCLMount Carmel were defending IHSA champions, having won the state title in 1980 [5] [6] [26]
1982 Gordon Tech Julian 24–0CCL [5] [6] [26]
1983 Mount Carmel Simeon 28–6CCL [6] [26]
1984 De La Salle Julian 25–20CCL [6] [26]
1985 Mount Carmel Lane Tech 19–14CCL [6] [26]
1986 Loyola Academy Simeon 14–12CCL [6] [26]
1987 Gordon Tech Julian 29–14CCL [6] [26]
1988 Loyola Academy Julian 21–6CCL2,500 [2] [6] [26]
1989 Fenwick Julian 48–14CPLFirst CPL victory since 1979. [6] [26] [70]
1990 Gordon Tech Robeson 48–14CPL [6] [26]
1991 Fenwick Bogan 27–0CCL [6] [26]
1992 Brother Rice Mather 15–6CPL [6] [26]
1993 Mount Carmel Bogan 34–14CCL [6] [26]
1994 Brother Rice Lane Tech 28–22CCL [6] [26]
1995 Loyola Academy Julian 15–14CCL1,100 [28] [26]
1996 Loyola Academy Dunbar 28–8CCL [6] [26]
1997 Marian Catholic Dunbar 28–21CPL
1998 Joliet Catholic Hubbard 28–16CPL6,273 [6] [26] [8]
1999 De La Salle Hubbard 20–13CPL35,000 [2] [6] [26]
2000 Marian Catholic Simeon 23–14CCL18,000 [26] [10]
2001 Mount Carmel Morgan Park 50–0CCLLast game before the 2000s renovation of Soldier Field [2] [6] [26]
2002 Carmel (Mundelein) Dunbar 50–20CCLPlayed at Hanson Field [6] [71]
2003 Loyola Academy Simeon 22–14CCL [6]
2004 Brother Rice Lane Tech 25–14CCL [6] [26]
2005 Brother Rice Morgan Park 13–14CPLOvertime win [6]
2006 Brother Rice Hubbard 24–14CCL [6]
2007 Saint Rita Morgan Park 31-7CCL [6]
2008 Loyola Academy Lane Tech 17–0CCL [6]
2009 Saint Rita Simeon 34–20CCL [6]
2010 Fenwick Curie 6–0CCL [6]
2011 Mount Carmel Simeon 34–20CCL [6]
2012 Brother Rice Simeon 14–12CPL [6]
2013 Saint Rita Simeon 35–20CCL [6]
2014 Loyola Academy Curie 14–7CCL [6]
2015 Mount Carmel Curie 49–15CCLHeld at Gately Stadium [72]
2016 Mount Carmel Simeon 42–28CCLHeld at Gately Stadium [73]
2017 St. Ignatius Simeon 19–16CPLHeld at Gately Stadium [74] [75]
2018 St. Rita Taft 56–6CCLHeld at Gately Stadium [76] [77]
2019 St. Laurence Simeon 35–34CCLHeld at St. Laurence's home stadium [9]
2021 Notre Dame Kenwood 35–6CCLHeld at Gately Stadium [78]
2022 Fenwick Simeon 33–30CPLHeld at Lane Stadium [79] [80]
2023 St. Rita Kenwood 21–7CCLHeld at Lane Stadium [81] [82]
2024 St. Ignatius Whitney Young 47-8CCLHeld at St. Ignatius [83]

Game MVPs

Chicago Prep Bowl MVPs
YearMVPTeam (league)
1951Rich Finger Lindblom (CPL) [66]
1952Frank Penn Mount Carmel (CCL) [66]
1953Tom Akroid Saint George (CCL) [66]
1954 Jack Delveaux and Ron Nietupski Fenger (CPL) [66]
1955Bob Guillen Chicago Vocational (CPL) [66]
1956Rich Boyle Leo (CCL) [66]
1957 Mike Lind Calumet (CPL) –losing team [66]
1958Larry Preo Austin (CPL) [66]
1959George Bunda Lane Tech (CPL) [66]
1960Tony Carey Mount Carmel (CCL) [66]
1961Jim Gruber Lane Tech (CPL) –losing team [66]
1962Jim DiLullo Fenwick (CCL) [66]
1963John Byrne St. Rita (CCL) [66]
1964Rich "Chico" Kurzawski Weber (CCL) [66]
1965Ken Krajchovich Loyola Academy (CCL) [66]
1966Jack Spellman Loyola Academy (CCL) [66]
1967Dave Zuccareili Mount Carmel (CCL) [66]
1968Rich Wyatt Mendel (CCL) [66]
1969John Foran Loyola Academy (CCL) [66]
1970Neil Sullivan St. Rita (CCL) [66]
1971 Billy Marek St. Rita (CCL) [66]
1972Steve Malley St. Laurence (CCL) [66]
2003Liam Stanton Loyola Academy (CCL) [84]
2016Michael Kennedy Mount Carmel (CCL) [85]
2021Frankie Ricciardi Notre Dame (CCL) [86]
2022Luke D'Alise Simeon (CPL) [87]
2024Jack Wanzung St. Ignatius (CCL)

Winning coaches

Chicago Prep Bowl winning coaches
YearCoachTeam (league)
1950 Terry Brennan Mount Carmel (CCL) [26] [57]
1951 Terry Brennan Mount Carmel (CCL) [26]
1952 Terry Brennan Mount Carmel (CCL) [26]
1956Jim Arneberg Leo (CCL) [26] [5]
1960 Tom Carey Mount Carmel (CCL) [57]
1964Joe Sassano Weber (CCL) [66]
1965Bob Naughton Loyola Academy (CCL) [66]
1966Bernie O'Brien Loyola Academy (CCL) [66]
1967 Frank Maloney Mount Carmel (CCL) [5] [66]
1968Loui Guida Mendel (CCL) [66]
1969 Bob Spoo Loyola Academy (CCL) [66]
1970Pat Cronin St. Rita (CCL) [66]
1972Tom Kavanaugh St. Laurence (CCL) [66]
2003Carl Favaro Loyola Academy (CCL) [84]
2024Matt Miller St. Ignatius (CCL) [83]

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